ASESI laments ASUU strike

The African Students Education Support Initiative on Monday condemned the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying some of the students had become armed robbers, prostitutes and drug addicts because of the strike.

The Executive Director of ASESI and immediate-past President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Chinonso Obasi, in a statement said the level of development in any nation could be best assessed or adjudged by the educational standards in terms of stability and growth.

He advised the Federal Government to resolves its problems with ASUU to enable students to return to school.

Obasi said, “According to reports, some students have now resorted to armed robbery, commercial sex activities, drug addiction and other social vices because of the prolonged ASUU strike. The Nigerian government, as a matter of urgency, should meet the demands of the impoverished lecturers to enable students to return to school as we are set to declare Nigerian students as IDPs any moment from now should the Federal Government fail to address the ASUU issue.”

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